Increase in endocervical CD4 lymphocytes among women with nonulcerative sexually transmitted diseases

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 167-174

  Levine, William C ^a   Pope, Victoria ^b   Bhoomkar, Asha ^b   Tambe, Pradnya ^b   Lewis, Joel S ^b   Zaidi, Akbar A ^b   Farshy, Carol E ^b   Mitchell, Shannon ^b   Talkington, Deborah F ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031985194     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513820     Document Type: Article

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